IMPHAL:
Manipur police commandos on Wednesday arrested a couple for allegedly masterminding the "trafficking" of Rohingya from Myanmar into the state.
The couple - 51-year-old Rashid Ali and his wife Khulakpam Tahir Begum - who hail from Uttar Pradesh, were arrested from Yairipok Ningthounai Sabal Leikai locality in
Imphal East district on Wednesday around 5 am, Tengnoupal SP S Ibomcha Singh said.
"The couple was involved in trafficking of four Rohingya, including one woman, in May this year," he said. The couple had been absconding since May 1 and was apprehended under sections of the Indian Penal Code, the SP added.
Ibomcha Singh, who supervised the operation, said that in May, a person who was apprehended by the police in connection with trafficking of Rohingyas had confessed that at least six of them were brought into the state with the couple's help.
The Manipur police are on the alert to apprehend Rohingyas who have entered the state illegally from the Indo-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal district and from
Jiribam town in neighbouring
Assam, he added.
The Centre holds Rohingya in the country as illegal immigrants.
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